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gollygee

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6. This is the problem I see with guns

Tue Feb 5, 2013, 10:47 AM

Feb 2013

It isn't crazy people most of the time. It's sane people who get really pissed off. Even if they have a right to be pissed off, they don't have a right to kill people, and without guns they wouldn't be able to.

I don't know what the answer is. I don't think banning guns is realistic. I don't think mental health checks will make any real difference because not even all mentally ill people are identified, and so many violent people aren't mentally ill. Is there any reason to believe more mentally ill people are violent than people in the general population people are?

Somehow we'd have to screen for violent tendencies to make a real difference in gun violence, but that seems unlikely.

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Ah, America. Texas couple fatally shot in argument over dog feces [View all] sinkingfeeling Feb 2013 OP

Guns for EVERYONE! AndyA Feb 2013 #1

I think the lesson here is don't dump dogshit on your neighbor's stoop BeyondGeography Feb 2013 #2

So you think doing so should get the death penalty? sinkingfeeling Feb 2013 #3

Common sense got the death penalty here BeyondGeography Feb 2013 #4

You win this thread! cleanhippie Feb 2013 #9

Happen to me. RC Feb 2013 #12

Apparently it "dripped" down from the balcony above and had been for a year KurtNYC Feb 2013 #10

It is very sad BeyondGeography Feb 2013 #11

there was a "noise problem" too shanti Feb 2013 #45

Oh, I know...not defending the shooter BeyondGeography Feb 2013 #48

This is the 21st century Downtown Hound Feb 2013 #28

The guy is 75 years old and you want him to fight back by posting videos on Youtube BeyondGeography Feb 2013 #34

So he can shoot somebody but not figure out how to use a computer? Downtown Hound Feb 2013 #39

And thus, you have described great swathes of America....nt msanthrope Feb 2013 #40

very correct. TeamPooka Feb 2013 #43

Heh. Comrade Grumpy Feb 2013 #46

Gaaaaa, you're taking this in a pretty hair-raising direction. JackRiddler Feb 2013 #50

I seriesly hope you do not own a gun. jpak Feb 2013 #52

Yeah, I gotta say, this was avoidable. Don't keep dumping dog shit at your neighbor's front door. NBachers Feb 2013 #41

Bullshit Cali_Democrat Feb 2013 #49

No, but it could BeyondGeography Feb 2013 #53

Thanks for admitting the real problem. Zoeisright Feb 2013 #55

Completely fucking wrong. Zoeisright Feb 2013 #54

The answer to this problem, as with so many, is always the same: Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #5

This is the problem I see with guns gollygee Feb 2013 #6

Until we have sane restrictions and bans of guns this insanity will not stop libtodeath Feb 2013 #7

Message auto-removed DagoT Feb 2013 #8

Too bad that you are probably correct. RC Feb 2013 #13

I believe you meant to say, "Welcome back". bluedigger Feb 2013 #14

Why? RC Feb 2013 #15

The name is very familiar. bluedigger Feb 2013 #16

My mom would shit if she heard that user's name. Nt a la izquierda Feb 2013 #31

I have a problem with that name independentpiney Feb 2013 #36

Life is cheap, here and in the war zones alcibiades_mystery Feb 2013 #17

You are so correct. sinkingfeeling Feb 2013 #18

Once AGAIN there were clues. This suspect obviously had expressed his snappyturtle Feb 2013 #19

By "did nothing"do you mean they should have turned the guy in or they should have cleaned up? JVS Feb 2013 #22

Neither. From the video the resident with the baseball cap said the suspect reported the dog and snappyturtle Feb 2013 #25

By sayinng "clues" ..... Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2013 #33

You were reading a lot more into this than I intended. nt snappyturtle Feb 2013 #57

Not the first time I misread something. Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2013 #58

I do it regularly! snappyturtle Feb 2013 #59

Mean, dumb, and inconsiderate of others is no way to go through life slackmaster Feb 2013 #20

Post removed Post removed Feb 2013 #21

Ugh.... awful story all the way around justabob Feb 2013 #23

That couple sounds like assholes...but being an asshole isn't joeybee12 Feb 2013 #24

I see a lawsuit in their future justabob Feb 2013 #26

Probably the people who run for the condo board have no clue about joeybee12 Feb 2013 #27

actually I am curious who "the board" is justabob Feb 2013 #30

I live in a condo that I rent...most people here rent because they overbuilt joeybee12 Feb 2013 #32

right... still curious about the situation here justabob Feb 2013 #35

Yup...and if they're smart, they'll lawyer up quick...nt joeybee12 Feb 2013 #38

i don't see how Doctor_J Feb 2013 #29

The turds should have been armed with assault weapons. Lint Head Feb 2013 #37

This is also over at Raw Story MynameisBlarney Feb 2013 #42

I can't believe people talk like this Capt. Obvious Feb 2013 #44

You must have led a sheltered life. Comrade Grumpy Feb 2013 #47

I'm always amused when people say that Capt. Obvious Feb 2013 #56

He wuz just a'standin' hiz groun' agin dog feces tyranny jpak Feb 2013 #51